Line and rein buckle.



PATENTED APB. 24, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. FRANK M. KIRBEY, or Rose-imam, MISSOURI.

LINE AND REIN BUCKLE.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Zio @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. KIBBEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rosendale, in the county of Andrew and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lines and ReinBuckles ,1 and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists of a double buckle and a keeper connected by upperand lower rods.

The object of the device is to provide a means whereby the hold upon thelines or rein in driving or riding 'may be adjusted at any desireddistance from the ends of the lines or rein until for any reason alonger or shorter hold may be desired, when a readjustment may bequickly made.

l accomplish my object by the structure illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which4 Figure l is a perspective view showing a buckle withthe lines therein and a keeper through which the lines are extended; andFig. 2 is a top view of the device, showing the lines buckled therein,the tongues of the buckle being also shown by dotted lines in theposition assumed while the buckle and keeper are being shoved forward orbackward on the lines to buckle at other perforations.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the views.

A is the frame of a double buckle, and B is a vertical support servingas an axle upon which two tongues C C are carried and turn.

D is a keeper for the ends of lines or rein,

extendingI back of the buckle and keeper, the buckle-frame and saidkeeper being spaced apart and held rigidly by two horizontal rods H H.The buckle-frame is preferably bent oval, as shown but the precise formof said buckle and keeper is innnaterial. The frame of the buckle, thestationary axle, the keeper, and the two connecting-rods may beconstructed from a piece of pliable rod or wire bent and soldered orotherwise fastened together at its connecting-points or of any suitablematerial.

J J are two lines, and K K a plurality of perforations punched thereinwith which tongues C C engage as the buckle and keeper are shovedbackward or forward to increase or decrease the length of lines betweenthe bit of the bridle and the point at which the driver or rider maydesire to grasp suoli lines or the rein.

That I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a lines and rein buckle, the vframe of a double buckle thevertical stationary axle therein, the oppositely projected tonguescarried by said axle, the keeper spaced from said buckle and theduplicate projected horizontal rods rigidly connecting said buckle andkeeper, substantially as described and shown.

2. The combination in a buckle of a double frame, a central verticalaxle therein the buckle-tongues on said axle, a rein and lines keeperand the horizontal rods connecting said keeper and buckle, substantiallyas shown and described.

ln testimony whereof aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK M. KIBBEY.

W'itnesses:

XV. A. GARDNER, T. B. HOWARD.

